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zhí

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zhí Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhí | zhi2
English translation
duty, profession; office, post

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About zhí

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Number of strokes

18

Traditional form

zhí

Contains the radical

ěr

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

ear

Etymology of zhí

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

耳戠

Semantic compound

ěr

Phonetic compound

zhī

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. ěr represents the meaning and zhǐ represents the sound. Simplified form of zhí .

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Words with zhí

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
职业 zhíyè occupation職業
职工 zhí gōng workers職工
zhí office zhí
辞职 cízhí to resign辭職
职责 zhí zé duty職責
职位 zhíwèi post職位
职务 zhíwù post職務
职能 zhínéng function職能
职员 zhí yuán office worker職員
兼职 jiānzhí concurrent job兼職
任职 rèn zhí to hold an office or post任職
称职 chèn zhí competent稱職
职权 zhí quán authority職權
停职 tíng zhí to suspend (sb) from duties停職
离职 lí zhí to retire離職
专职 zhuān zhí special duty專職
就职 jiùzhí to take office就職
职场 zhí chǎng workplace職場
求职 qiú zhí to seek employment求職
在职 zài zhí to be employed在職
职业教育 zhí yè jiào yù vocational training職業教育
失职 shī zhí unemployment失職
职称 zhí chēng title職稱
尽职 jìn zhí conscientious盡職
复职 fù zhí to resume a post復職

zhí Decomposition & Compounds

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